Report: AMD Plans a Cheaper Answer to Intel's Ultrabook

Advanced Micro Devices seems prepared to offer its own "ultrabook" platform in June, according to a report.

AMD's Trinity platform is expected to be the foundation of a new line of "ultrathin" notebooksessentially the same as an Intel ultrabook, but with AMD hardware. That report comes from DigiTimes, which also claimed that the ultrathin platform would be 10 to 20 percent less expensive than an ultrabook.

That, in turn, will mean that an AMD Trinity-based ultrathin would cost between $799 to $999, assuming that all other components in the bill of materials remain the same. DigiTimes did not indicate exactly how AMD would achieve that cost savings; AMD traditionally has been a generation behind Intel in terms of manufacturing technology, but has also been aggressive in terms of integration.

AMD representatives did not respond to requests for comment by press time.

DigiTimes went even so far as to claim that AMD will win about 20 different ultrathin platforms, versus the 75 that Intel offers.